Dogs: Import Controls
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the age from which puppies can be imported to six months.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner
The Government recently announced its support for the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill, a Private Members’ Bill sponsored by the hon. Member for Winchester. The Bill will give the Government powers to prevent the supply of low-welfare pets to the United Kingdom. We will use these powers to prohibit the import of puppies and kittens under six months old, dogs and cats which have been subject to non-exempted mutilations such as cropped ears, docked tails and declawing, and heavily pregnant dogs and cats.
We are fully supportive of this Bill and would like to see it pass through both Houses as soon as Parliamentary time allows.
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